- Great circle
- 1,982 km
- 1,232 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 2h 58m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 44.6°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 4.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 198th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Barcelona the path crosses 585 km of open water, then Italy, then Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Serbia, then Romania.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 44.6°N, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Barcelona the aircraft points east (71°); it arrives into Bucharest heading east (88°). That is 17° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona, Spain · Europe
41.3°N, 2.1°E
OTP
Bucharest Henri Coandă
Bucharest, Romania · Europe
44.6°N, 26.1°E
Barcelona to Bucharest, asked and answered
- How far is Barcelona to Bucharest?
- Barcelona to Bucharest (BCN to OTP) is 1,982 km, or 1,232 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Barcelona to Bucharest?
- About 2h 58m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Barcelona to Bucharest flight take?
- The great circle passes over 585 km of open water, then Italy, then Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Serbia, then Romania. It reaches 44.6°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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